Tucker Carlson defended a man accused of storming the Capitol with zip-tie handcuffs, asking for 'perspective' in how he is treated tporter@businessinsider.com (Tom Porter) 8 hrs ago   

© Fox News Tucker Carlson defended Capitol riots suspect Eric Munchel on the April 6 edition of his Fox News show. Fox News

Tucker Carlson defended the Capitol riots suspect who was pictured carrying zip-tie handcuffs.

Carlson said a judge's earlier characterization of him as dangerous was misleading.
The host has long sought to portray the response to the riots as a bid to persecute conservatives.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday defended Eric Munchel, who prosecutors identified as the man pictured during the Capitol riot in the Senate chamber in tactical gear with zip-tie handcuffs.

The image - alongside a second figure said to be his mother Lisa Eisenhart - became one of the defining scenes of the unrest on January 6. The two were arrested together.

© Win McNamee/Getty Images Protesters enter the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Win McNamee/Getty Images

In a monologue Tuesday night, Carlson criticized a decision by a judge to hold the pair in custody until their trial because they were deemed dangerous. The decision was later overturned by a different judge, and the two were freed under house arrest last week.

"Neither Lisa Eisenhart or her son damaged any property in the Capitol or committed any violence, they just walked in to what we used to refer to as 'The People's House,'" said Carlson.

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